Saturday, May 8, 2010

When we got up the sun was shining something we haven't seen in several days so decided we needed to get going and see the sights. Our first line of business was to check out and when checking out they informed us the that there was a 41 euro cleaning fee. When Bob argued with them they said that is why the room was so cheap when we booked it. I dont think we are done disputing this because it was not presented at the time of booking.

The town of Partenkirchen is very unique in that it still has the charm of the ancient village. This is a picture of the building that line the town streets.

In 1938 Garmisch held the olympics and the village still remains as does the ski jump. Bob has watched the history channel for years and was alway fascinated by the train that goes to the top of the highest mountain in Germany.

As we headed up on the train it was sunny and clear and within an hour we were in a snow storm and wind again. After a light lunch at the top unbale to see anything we took the gondola back down, I can't imagine what it must be like when you can see it was kind of scary even in the fog. The gondola operater said they had 3 feet of snow in the last 2 days they had just closed the ski area last week.

Our last stop on the trip is back tp Teresa and Greg's where we will do side trips until leaving on Wednesday to head back to the states. We arrived at their house as predicted several hours after we left Garmisch. Greg was out of town so the 3 of us caught a bite to eat at the Maconda, a local establishment and headed to bed.